Category Archives: International News
NASA’s Perseverance Team Assessing First Mars Sampling Attempt
Data sent to Earth by NASA’s Perseverance rover after its first attempt to collect a rock sample on Mars
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NASA TV Coverage Set For Next International Space Station Cargo Launch
NASA and Northrop Grumman are targeting 5:56 p.m. EDT, Tuesday, Aug. 10, for the company’s 16th commercial resupply services mission to the International Space Station
Read moreAgricultural Education Fellows To Pursue Borlaug’s Mission Abroad
International Agricultural Education Fellowship Program sends fellows to Ghana
Read moreNASA’s 10th Space Apps Challenge Increases Global Participation
To mark the 10th International Space Apps Challenge, the largest annual global hackathon in the world, NASA is collaborating with nine space agency partners to bring the event to even more communities Oct. 2-3, 2021.
Read moreUS Interns, Texas, Bulgarian Students To Hear From Space Station Astronauts
Students across the globe have opportunities this week to hear from astronauts aboard the International Space Station.
Read moreNASA Previews Science On Next Northrop Grumman Space Station Mission
NASA will host a media teleconference at 1 p.m. EDT Monday, Aug. 2,
Read moreNASA Invites Media To Launch Of Landsat 9 From West Coast
Landsat 9 satellite, a joint NASA and U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) mission
Read moreNASA To Brief Early Science From Perseverance Mars Rover
NASA will hold a virtual media briefing at 1 p.m. EDT Wednesday, July 21, to discuss early science results from the agency’s Perseverance Mars rover and its preparations to collect the first-ever Martian samples for planned return to Earth.
Read moreNASA TV To Air Crew Dragon Port Relocation On Space Station
NASA’s SpaceX Crew-2 astronauts on the International Space Station
Read moreNASA Announces Nuclear Thermal Propulsion Reactor Concept Awards
NASA is leading an effort, working with the Department of Energy (DOE), to advance space nuclear technologies.
Read moreU.S. House Calls For Russia To Free Texan Who’s Been Imprisoned Since 2019
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Trevor Reed, a 29-year-old resident of Granbury, was arrested in August 2019 on specious grounds, according to news reports and American diplomats, and his supporters say he’s being held on trumped-up charges because he’s a retired Marine.
Read moreIran-Backed Militias Vow Swift “Revenge” Against US After Syria-Iraq Airstrikes [VIDEO]
Sunday’s night’s series of US airstrikes on Syria and Iraq were the second publicly disclosed military strikes of Biden’s presidency, which were described as targeting Iran-backed militia’s which had been targeting American troop positions with drone and rocket attacks.
Read moreWatch: Israel Strikes ‘Hamas Submarine’ On Gaza Coast As Offshore Gas Rigs Under Threat [VIDEO]
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Amid recent reports that Hamas has attempted to launch seaborne attacks on offshore Israeli assets, including recent attempts at rocket launches on Mediterranean gas installations, Israel’s military on Monday said its warplanes had struck a direct hit on a “Hamas submersible weapon”.
Read moreRussia Warns US Warships To Stay Far Away From Crimea “For Their Own Good”
At a moment the United States appears poised to send its warships near Ukraine as a strong ‘deterrent message’ against Russian forces built up near the east Ukrainian border, Russia on Tuesday warned that US vessels better stay away from Crimea “for their own good”.
Read moreScientists Call BS On WHO’s Wuhan ‘Investigation’ – Demand Legitimate Probe With Or Without China
After a joint investigation between China and the World Health Organization (WHO) failed to produce a legitimate explanation for the origins of COVID-19, a group of international scientists has cried foul – and is demanding “more rigorous investigations” – with or without Beijing’s participation, according to Reuters.
Read moreHikers Evacuated As Iceland Volcano Unleashes New Lava Stream
Lava poured out of a new fissure at an Icelandic volcano earlier this week near the capital Reykjavik, according to AFP. This is the third fissure to open in the nearly three-week-old volcanic eruption.
Read more“Don’t Lecture Us”: Alaska Summit Opens With Dueling Barbs & Epic Anti-US Tirade
As predicted things are icier than ever by the end of day one of the Alaska summit in which for the first time in the Biden administration high-level in-person talks were held between China and the U.S.
Read moreFrance Heads Back Into Lockdown As COVID “Third Wave” Hammers Europe
As a third wave of COVID infections believed to be driven by mutant strains of the virus explodes in Europe, France has just become the latest country to start reimposing lockdown measures, following in the footsteps of Italy, Germany and others.
Read more“We Are Hungry” – Violent Protests Erupt As Lebanon ‘Hyperinflation’ Accelerates
Despite the government’s attempt to crack down on illicit trading, Lebanon’s currency collapse has accelerated and with it the economy and people’s living standards.
Read moreIran To Block Nuclear Inspections Starting Next Week If US Doesn’t Drop Sanctions
Iran’s government will have no choice but to limit nuclear inspections starting next week if the other parties to a 2015 nuclear deal do not cooperate with it, according to its foreign ministry.
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